Fastener for laces



Jan. 19 1926. 1,570,015

7 Y D. E. TROXELL FASTENER FOR LACES Filed April 23, 1925 gnuenhw 7dam/7 6H0: ne ul Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

UNITED STATEfi PATENT OFFICE.

FASTENER FOR LAGES.

Application filed April 23, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID F. TaoxnLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockbridge Baths, in the county of Rockbridge and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenersfor Laces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for securing laces on clothing and footgear and the main object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will greatly facilitate the lacing of shoes or the likeand securely hold the tied laces, and prevent the knots from becomingundone accidentally.

The hooks provided on shoes generally have sharp edges over which thelaces pass and do not permit the drawing together of the laces veryreadily, and one object of the present invention is to construct theimproved buttons in such a manner that the laces slip easily around thesame while the shoes are being laced, and a good hold on the lace ismade when the latter has been tied. This is particularly advantageous onhigh shoes that reach up near the knee of the wearer, because if thelaces are made to slip easily over the hooks and around the buttons whenthe shoes are being laced, much time is gained and it becomes easy to obtain the required tightness around the limb.

In the accompanying drawing, several modified forms of the inventionhave been illustrated; and-- Figure 1 is a perspective front view of apair of buttons forming the subject matter of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section along line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section of the button;

Figure 1 is a horizontal section along line H of Figure 3;

Figure 5 shows a top plan view of a modified form of a button;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a slight- 1y modified button from thepreferred form shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3;

Figure 7 is a top plan View of still another modification; and

Figure 8 is a side view of Figure 7.

The button consists of a foot plate 10 in which is rigidly secured ashank 11 projecting at right angles from the surface of the foot plate10 and provided with a head 12. The foot plate 10 has one or moreapertures 13 to receive means for securing Serial No. 25,317.

the same to the shoe top. The head 12 is preferably elongated andprovided with a V-shaped cut 1 1 leading from the inner edge thereof.The head is spaced sufliciently above the foot plate 10 to permit one ormore turns of the shoe lace around the stern 1.1. The latter ispreferably othaltt' round cross section with the flat side 9 inwards,that is, on the same side as the V-cut in the head, as best seen inFigure 1.

As already described, the head shown in Figures 1 and 3 is the preferredform and Figure 6 is similar thereto, but its head 15 has a V-cut 17which is deeper than the one shown in Figures 1 and 3.

In Figure 5 is shown a button with a round or heart shaped head 18having a curved slot 19 running substantially parallel with theperipheral edge or"? the head and forming a narrow linger 20.

The modification illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 shows a head 21 havingtwo straight. p2 'allel sides, one convex edge and one con cave edge. Arecess 23 extends inwardly from the convex edge 27 and forms a shortprojection 22 at one side of the head. A short standard 24- extends fromthe base in spaced relation to the concave edge 26 and has its free endhollowed out, as at 25, on the side facing the concave edge.

A pair of buttons are secured near the upper edge of a shoe 29, thebuttons being positioned with the V-cuts 14: facing each other, and onthe tongue 30 of the shoe at a short distance below. the buttons issecured a strip 31 preferably made of leather or some other suitablematerial. This strip has an opening 32 at its upper end and is sopositioned that its opening is either on the level with the V-cuts or ashort distance below the same. The shoe may be provided with more thanone set of buttons if so desired, but in the present illustration onlyone set has been shown in use and below these buttons the ordinary hooks33 made use of. After the laces have been engaged with the upper books33, they are engaged with the shanks of the buttons and if so desiredmay be wrapped one or more times around the shanks. After being engagedwith the shanks of the buttons, the laces are forced into the V notchesso that they will be prevented from slipping loose while the endportions of the laces are passed through the opening 32 of the strip 31.The laces are now tied against the outer face of the strip and since theltnot cannot pass through the opening 532 the laces will he held tight.It will, of course, he tn'it'lerstood that when the knot is; beingformed the laces will he drawn out of the V notches.

On high shoes it is preferable to have several pairs of these buttons orat least one pair at the top and another pair about half way down theupper ot the shoe, but it is not necessary to have more than one strip:31, for tying the laces.

\Vhen buttons of the form shown in I igure 5 are used, the lace is takenthrough the slot 1!) hack of the linger ill} to hold it taut. When theform shown in Figures 7 and used, the lace is taken around the studunder the head ll one or more times and the end of the lace may," thenbe squeezed in between the concave edge 26 and the hoilowed out portion25 ot the standard 2-1, or after ha ring passed around the stem, thelace may he led into the V-cut 23 over the projection and the two endsthereupon tied together.

Having thus described the in'vt. ntion what is claimed as new is:

1. In a lace fastening device, a button having a foot adapted to beattached to a garment, a shank extending from the outer 'face of saidfoot, at substantially right angles there-1o a head at the outer end otthe shank, said head licilig elongated with a V-cut. at one of itsnarrow edges, and said shank having a halt-rtnind cross section with itsflat side coinciding with said V-cut.

2. In a device of the class described, a pair of buttons as specified inclaim 1 seeured to a garment; to he laced and havinp their V-shaped cutsplat-ed opposite to each other, a strip provided with an open ng andsecured on the garment and adapted to receive the ends of a lace tyingthe garment with its opening;- disposed between the buttons a lterpassing around the shanks of said hattons, and serving to support a knottied on said ends.

2). A shoe lace Fastening device coinpris in a pair ct huttons eachprovided with a foot adapted to he secured near the edges of the tippersot a shout at strip adapted to he srt'ttItJ-(l on the tongue of the shoeand having an opening adjatent its upper end said huttons, said hnttonshein provided with heads having V-s'ahaped cute in the portions facingeach other, and shanks connecting said head with their respective feet,said shanks havin a hall round cross section with the tint side adjacentsaid V-shaped cut.

in testimony whet-e01 1 allix my signature.

DAVID F. TROXELL. [n 5.]

